Island Turtle Team - Isle of Palms - Sullivan's Island

SI Nest #6: The loggerheads on Sullivan's Island really had trouble finding spots to nest during the night. One crawled up above the tide line into the vehicular access path at Station 16 Street and laid her eggs right where the SIPD and SI Fire & Rescue drive on most days to get on the beach. Someone called about this nest well after dark, so the firemen and police waited for us to move them from the path. Laurie and Bob Snyder were covering the southwest end of SI and woul

NEST #7 was laid on July 10 when Jeremy Anspach was on patrol. It was up against the steep scarp at Station 17, what we call the Jungle Path, and the tracks were mostly washed away by the high tide - only about 10-15 feet long. That is why our volunteers always walk at the high tide line to look for new tracks. It contained 105 eggs that were moved to Station 18 ½ and incubated for 52 days. Today we found that 66 eggs our of the 105 had hatched with 38 undeveloped. The roots